Sunday, June 27, 2010

Hey guys! I first of all just want to do a little update on my life. I know that I've been posting slightly less often lately than usual and this is because my life has been a bit crazy lately. I've been feeling a lot of stress and have been extra busy at work and at home as well. I thank God that hubby finally found a job, which is such a blessing in this economy, but it does also mean that there has been less time for everything else. I don't think I've been getting enough sleep and I've had stress dream-nightmares for the last couple of days. I'm sure it's a natural thing that will eventually pass though, so I just want to say thank you for being supportive of the blog since you all really give me strength at times. <3

I've been trying to squeeze in times to edit some older videos that are backlogged and I had promised that I would post this nail polish review so I uploaded it tonight! It's from the same day that I recorded my Paul&Joe Alice in Wonderland set review if you recognize my outfit. ;)

This is a nail polish that I had heard a lot of hype about among the nail polish blogs that I follow. It's a line of color changing polishes from Claire's, a US-based accessories chain in nearly every mall I've ever been to. I picked up two colors, a teal-turquoise one and the one in my review here, Wild/Calm, a pink-to-purple nail polish.

Here's the color of the polish when my fingers are medium-colder:

And here's the color when my fingers are warm:

But the best way to really appreciate this polish is to have longer nails since it can give a cool funky-french manicure effect with a gradient of pink-to-purple on the nail tips. This naturally happens since your hands are warm but the nail hanging past the finger is colder so it changes to the secondary color.

Just because it looks so different in changes of lightling, I took more pics a couple days later. All the same polish! Look how dark and light it gets. I think it's pretty impressive!

I know it's probably slightly childish of me and I'll admit I don't go into Claire's very often but I just thought this was wicked. The only downside that just KILLED this for me was that it chipped very quickly! Not quite as quickly as my matte Zoya polishes, but it had some pretty good chips after the second day. Only because it's so cool is it worth it. Honestly, I know I will wear this again since it's just like you have 2 polishes in 1. I'll be interested to see what the teal-turquoise Mood polish is like in comparison terms of wear. No swatch pics yet, but it is a cream polish unlike this sparkly one. ^.^

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the review and pics. If you have any words of encouragement to get me through another long work week, I'd love to hear it! It never hurts to share out more love, am I right?

This looks great! It's a very fun idea, I'd love to see what the turquoise one looked like! =)

Sorry to hear things are hectic, I'm sure they will calm down soon though =) Just try to remember that anything your stressing over will surely be worth it in the end. If it's something important it will be worth a lil stress in the long run and once everything it back to normal you will be so appreciative of your health, beauty, success and marriage =) I'm rooting for you and there are so many people here who will always be willing to listen and help out when you need! Stick with it and remember to get lots of rest when possible! ~May the most you wish for be the least you get~ <3

Hi Jen, this is the first time that I comment, but I love your blog, and since I found it out I've been reading almost everyday!! ^^

Well, I'm Brazilian, so sorry for my bad English ¬¬'

I want to say that I'm also stressed, because this is my last year at Uni and I've to do graduation work and find a job. I know the reasons are different, but the stress is the same. So hang on there and I do it here! think positive! Things are going better, you will see!! So take a deep breath and vizualize a cascade ^^(I wish I could talk more, but it's a little hard to say in English what I'm thinking...)

i have the same one and i love it! it does chip really bab but will try the basecoat next time. i also got the gray/beige one but its not very pretty on me, lol! i would love to see a quick vid with the blue/teal one.

Did you wear a top coat? I was reading another blog that reviewed a different brand of color changing nail polish, and it chipped right away when the blogger wore it with a top coat, but wore longer without one. Maybe color-changing polishes react weirdly with some top coats or something...-_-

Love the nail color! You and i both love to keep our nails shorter? Why? For me it's cuz i tend to scratch myself or my bf accidentally. Hehe!

Hope things are better for you by now. Well, obstacles in life are normally test from Him up there. It'll make us stronger and brings the best out of us. Glad to hear that your hubby got a job. Must have been tough and really stressful. A friend of mine in Canada also managed to find a job after having migrating there for more than half a year now. So kudos to the two guys!! :)

haha interesting nail polish, I wish I had longer nails. But I really hope things become easier and less stressful for you soon. I love reading your blog and watching your videos because you're such a genuine person. Best wishes to you and your husband!

I really love these nailpolishes but I live in Belgium, They don't sell them here :( If somebody want to help me and send them to me.. Let me know! Tell me how ,and how much, I have to pay you and will do it.

Funny, I'm wearing the same Wild/Calm color on my toes right now. I didn't have any trouble with chipping though, but it's probably because I used Sally Hansen's 10-Day No Chip top coat. I actually don't like how matte the nail polish is, so I love how putting the top coat makes it look glossy.

You're such a goofball Jen but I love you so much. Seriously - like I hope you know that even though I'm planning to elope some day, you're still invited to come make me look pretty. Now I just have to find a guy...

Hi Jen! I really want one of these but mood changing polishes still aren't available here in my country :( But anyway, I hope you don't mind, I featured your video in my blog post :D http://bit.ly/fCSocp

i bought this in the pink bored/excited color. the color is okay but oh my god does it chip so quickly. i usually only do my toenails because the paint normally stays on longer for them, but i swear one hour after applying it, a huge chip fell off my big toe. as cool as the color changing is, it just chips too fast to be worth it